India will host the 8th BRICS Summit during its Chairmanship which is scheduled to take place on 15-16 October 2016 in Goa. The theme of India’s BRICS Chairmanship is Building Responsive, Inclusive and Collective Solutions.

During Indias BRICS Chairmanship, we will adopt five-pronged approach:

(i) Institution building to further deepen, sustain and institutionalise BRICS cooperation;

In short, the Indian approach towards its BRICS Chairmanship could be captured by ‘IIIIC or I4C’.

The focus during India’s BRICS Chairmanship will be on enhanced people-to-people (P2P) contacts of BRICS member states, especially youth. In this context, India has planned activities like U-17 Football Tournament, Youth Summit, Young Diplomats’ Forum, Film Festival etc.